{{Short description|French footballer (born 1997)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2023}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Yassin Fekir | full_name = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1997|05|05|df=yes}} | birth_place = Lyon, France | height = 1.70 m | position = Winger | currentclub = Betis B | clubnumber = 18 | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = Vaulx | years1 = 2015 | clubs1 = Vaulx | caps1 = 1 | goals1 = 0 | years2 = 2015–2019 | clubs2 = Lyon II | caps2 = 49 | goals2 = 13 | years3 = 2017–2019 | clubs3 = Lyon | caps3 = 1 | goals3 = 0 | years4 = 2019– | clubs4 = Betis B | caps4 = 60 | goals4 = 7 | years5 = 2019–2020 | clubs5 = → Guijuelo (loan) | caps5 = 21 | goals5 = 3 | years6 = 2022–2023 | clubs6 = → Linense (loan) | caps6 = 31 | goals6 = 3 | club-update = 7 January 2024 | nationalteam-update = }}
'''Yassin Fekir''' (born 5 May 1997) is a French professional footballer who plays as a winger for Spanish club Betis Deportivo Balompié.
==Career== ===Lyon=== On 4 July 2017, Fekir signed his first professional contract with Olympique Lyonnais.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/Actualites/Yassin-fekir-signe-son-premier-contrat-professionnel-a-lyon/815772|title=Yassin Fekir signe son premier contrat professionnel à Lyon|trans-title=Yassin Fekir signs his first professional contract for Lyon|website=L'Équipe|language=fr}}</ref> He made his professional debut in a 3–2 Coupe de la Ligue win over Amiens SC on 19 December 2018, coming on as an 86th-minute substitute for Bertrand Traoré.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lfp.fr/coupeLigue/feuille_match/85538|title=Amiens SC - Olympique Lyonnais (2-3) - Saison 2018/2019 - Coupe de la Ligue BKT|publisher=Ligue de Football Professionel|language=fr}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.leparisien.fr/sports/football/ol-debuts-en-pro-de-yassin-fekir-le-frere-de-nabil-01-01-2019-7979046.php|title=OL : débuts en pro de Yassin Fekir, le frère de Nabil|trans-title=OL: Pro debut for Yassin Fekir, brother of Nabil|work=Le Parisien|language=fr}}</ref> On 3 March 2019, he played his first Ligue 1 game, coming on for the last 11 minutes in place of Moussa Dembélé in a 5–1 win against Toulouse.<ref>{{cite news |title=Nabil et Yassin Fekir : les deux frères de Lyon ont joué ensemble contre Toulouse |trans-title=Nabil and Yassin Fekir: Lyon's two brothers played together against Toulouse|url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/Actualites/Nabil-et-yassin-fekir-les-deux-freres-de-lyon-ont-joue-ensemble-contre-toulouse/994769 |access-date=26 July 2019 |work=L'Équipe |date=3 March 2019 |language=fr}}</ref>
===Betis=== On 23 July 2019, Fekir signed for Spanish club Real Betis as part of the deal which also saw his brother Nabil Fekir move to Betis. Lyon will reserve 50% of any future sale of Yassin as well.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ol.fr/en/contents/articles/2019/07/22/nabil-yassin-fekir-complete-move-real-betis|title=NABIL, YASSIN FEKIR COMPLETE MOVE TO REAL BETIS|publisher=OL|date=23 July 2019|access-date=23 July 2019}}</ref> He was initially assigned to the B-team in Tercera División, and on the last day of transfer window, he was loaned out for the season to CD Guijuelo of Segunda División B.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.realbetisbalompie.es/noticias/Cantera/el-real-betis-y-el-cd-guijuelo-acuerdan-la-cesion-de-yassin-fekir-22839|title=El Real Betis y el CD Guijuelo acuerdan la cesión de Yassin Fekir|date=2 September 2019|website=Real Betis Balompié|language=es|trans-title=Real Betis and CD Guijuelo agree to the transfer of Yassin Fekir|access-date=10 September 2019}}</ref>
Fekir was promoted to the Betis first team squad on 1 February 2021, and registered for the rest of the La Liga season.<ref>{{Cite web|date=1 February 2021 |title=Real Betis promote Nabil Fekir's brother Yassin to first team squad|url=https://getfootballnewsspain.com/real-betis-promote-nabil-fekirs-brother-yassin-to-first-team-squad/ |website=Get Spanish Football News|access-date=1 February 2021}}</ref> On 31 August, he was demoted back to the B-team for the 2021–22 Primera División RFEF.
Fekir was loaned to Balompédica Linense for the 2022–23 Primera Federación season.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Gutiérrez |first1=Rafa |title=El Betis hace oficial la cesión de Fekir a la Balompédica Linense|trans-title=Betis confirm the loan of Fekir to Balompédica Linense |url=https://www.estadiodeportivo.com/futbol/futbol-sevillano/betis-hace-oficial-cesion-fekir-balompedica-linense-20220817-403405.html |access-date=1 October 2023 |work=Estadio Deportivo |date=17 August 2023 |language=Spanish}}</ref>
==Personal life== Fekir is the younger brother of the French international footballer Nabil Fekir.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ol.fr/Contents/Articles/2018/12/20/apres-amiens-ol-la-fratrie-fekir-dans-le-top-10|title=Family ties: Fekir brothers become OL's 10th sibling duo|website=www.OL.fr}}</ref> Fekir is of Algerian descent.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.africatopsports.com/2018/07/23/lyon-aulas-a-deconseille-lalgerie-a-fekir-fier/|title=Lyon: Aulas a déconseillé l'Algérie à Fékir, il en est fier|trans-title=Aulas advised Fékir against Algeria, he is proud of it|date=23 July 2018|publisher=Africa Top Sports|language=fr}}</ref>
==Career statistics== {{updated|match played 7 January 2024}}<ref>{{Soccerway|405728|accessdate=7 January 2024}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition |- !rowspan="2"|Club !rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|National cup{{efn|Includes Coupe de France, Copa del Rey}} !colspan="2"|League cup{{efn|Includes Coupe de la Ligue}} !colspan="2"|Total |- !Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals |- |Vaulx |2014–15 |France Amateur 2 |1||0||0||0||0||0||1||0 |- |rowspan="5"|Lyon II |2015–16 |France Amateur |1||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||1||0 |- |2016–17 |France Amateur |13||1||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||13||1 |- |2017–18 |National 2 |12||3||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||12||3 |- |2018–19 |National 2 |24||9||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||24||9 |- !colspan="2"|Total !50!!13!!0 !0!!0 !0!!50!!13 |- |Lyon |2018–19 |Ligue 1 |1||0||1||0||1||0||3||0 |- |Guijuelo (loan) |2019–20 |Segunda División B |21||3||1||0|| colspan="2" |—||22||3 |- | rowspan="4" |Betis B |2020–21 |Segunda División B |12||2|| colspan="2" |—|| colspan="2" |—||12||2 |- |2021–22 |Primera División RFEF |32||2|| colspan="2" |—|| colspan="2" |—||32||2 |- |2023–24 |Segunda Federación |16 |3 | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— |16 |3 |- ! colspan="2" |Total !60!!7!!0 !0!!0 !0!!60!!7 |- |Linense (loan) |2022–23 |Primera Federación |31||3|| colspan="2" |—|| colspan="2" |—||31||3 |- ! colspan="3" |Career total !164!!26!!2!!0!!1!!0!!167!!26 |} {{notelist}}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{BDFutbol|23675}} * {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181230182556/https://www.ol.fr/en/contents/players/y/yassin-fekir?tab=0 |date=dmy |title=OL Profile}} {{in lang|fr}} * {{LFP Ligue 1|yassin-fekir}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Fekir, Yassin}} Category:1997 births Category:Living people Category:French sportspeople of Algerian descent Category:Footballers from Lyon Category:French men's footballers Category:Men's association football wingers Category:Ligue 1 players Category:Championnat National 2 players Category:Championnat National 3 players Category:Olympique Lyonnais players Category:La Liga players Category:Primera Federación players Category:Segunda División B players Category:CD Guijuelo footballers Category:Betis Deportivo footballers Category:Real Betis players Category:Real Balompédica Linense footballers Category:French expatriate men's footballers Category:French expatriate sportspeople in Spain Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Category:21st-century French sportsmen